CLASS X : CHAPTER - 13

SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES

IMPORTANT FORMULAS & CONCEPTS

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 MCQ WORKSHEET-I
CLASS X: CHAPTER – 13
SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES

1. The surface area of a cuboid is

(a) 2(lb + bh + lh) (b) 3(lb + bh + lh) (c) 2(lb – bh – lh) (d) 3(lb – bh – lh)

2. The surface area of a cube if edge ‘a’ is

(a) 7a2 (b) 6a2 (c) 5a3 (d) 5a2

3. The length, breadth and height of a room is 5m, 4m and 3m. The cost of white washing its four
walls at the rate of Rs. 7.50 per m2 is
(a) Rs. 110 (b) Rs. 109 (c) Rs. 220 (d) Rs. 105

4. The perimeter of floor of rectangular hall is 250m. The cost of the white washing its four walls is
Rs. 15000. The height of the room is
(a) 5m (b) 4m (c) 6m (d) 8m

5. The breadth of a room is twice its height and is half of its length. The volume of room is 512dm3.
Its dimensions are
(a) 16 dm, 8 dm, 4 dm (b) 12 dm, 8 dm, 2 dm
(c) 8 dm, 4 dm, 2 dm (d) 10 dm, 15 dm, 20 dm

6. The area of three adjacent faces of a cube is x, y and z. Its volume V is

(a) V = xyz (b) V3 = xyz (c) V2 = xyz (d) none of these

7. Two cubes each of edge 12 cm are joined. The surface area of new cuboid is
(a) 140 cm2 (b) 1440 cm2 (c) 144 cm2 (d) 72 cm2

8. The curved surface area of cylinder of height ‘h’ and base radius ‘r’ is
1
(a) 2rh (b) rh (c) rh (d) none of these
2

9. The total surface area of cylinder of base radius ‘r’ and height ‘h’ is
(a) 2(r + h) (b) 2r(r + h) (c) 3r(r + h) (d) 4r(r + h)
2
10. The curved surface area of a cylinder of height 14 cm is 88 cm . The diameter of its circular base
is
(a) 5cm (b) 4cm (c) 3cm (d) 2cm

11. It is required to make a closed cylindrical tank of height 1 m and base diameter 140cm from a
metal sheet. How many square meters a sheet are required for the same?
(a) 6.45m2 (b) 6.48m2 (c) 7.48m2 (d) 5.48m2.

12. A metal pipe is 77 cm long. Inner diameter of cross section is 4 cm and outer diameter is 4.4 cm.
Its inner curved surface area is:
(a) 864 cm2 (b) 968 cm2 (c) 768 cm2 (d) none of these

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 MCQ WORKSHEET-II
CLASS X: CHAPTER – 13
SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES

1. The diameter of a roller is 84 cm and its length is 120 cm. It takes 500 complete revolutions to
move once over to level a playground. The area of the playground in m2 is:
(a) 1584 (b) 1284 (c) 1384 (d) 1184

2. A cylindrical pillar is 50 cm in diameter and 3.5 m in height. The cost of painting its curved
surface at the rate of Rs. 12.50 per m2 is:
(a) Rs. 68.75 (b) Rs. 58.75 (c) Rs. 48.75 (d) Rs. 38.75

3. The inner diameter of circular well is 3.5m. It is 10m deep. Its inner curved surface area in m2 is:
(a) 120 (b) 110 (c) 130 (d) 140

4. In a hot water heating system there is a cylindrical pipe of length 28 m and diameter 5 cm. The
total radiating surface area in the system in m2 is:
(a) 6.6 (b) 5.5 (c) 4.4 (d) 3.4

5. The curved surface area of a right circular cone of slant height 10 cm and base radius 7 cm is
(a) 120 cm2 (b) 220 cm2 (c) 240 cm2 (d) 140 cm2

6. The height of a cone is 16 cm and base radius is 12 cm. Its slant height is
(a) 10 cm (b) 15 cm (c) 20 cm (d) 8 cm

7. The curved surface area of a right circular cone of height 16 cm and base radius 12 cm is
(a) 753.6 cm2 (b) 1205.76 cm2 (c) 863.8 cm2 (d) 907.6 cm2

8. The curved surface area of a right circular cone of slant height 10 cm and base radius 10.5 cm is
(a) 185 cm2 (b) 160 cm2 (c) 165 cm2 (d) 195 cm2

9. The slant height of a cone is 26 cm and base diameter is 20 cm. Its height is
(a) 24 cm (b) 25 cm (c) 23 cm (d) 35 cm
2
10. The curved surface area of a cone is 308 cm and its slant height is 14 cm. The radius of its base
is
(a) 8 cm (b) 7 cm (c) 9 cm (d) 12 cm

11. A conical tent is 10 m high and the radius of its base is 24 m. The slant height of tent is
(a) 26 m (b) 28 m (c) 25 m (d) 27 m

12. The slant height and base diameter of a conical tomb are 25 m and 14 m respectively. The cost of
white washing its curved surface at the rate of Rs. 210 per 100 m2 is
(a) Rs. 1233 (b) Rs. 1155 (c) Rs. 1388 (d) Rs. 1432

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 MCQ WORKSHEET-III
CLASS X: CHAPTER – 13
SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES
1. A joker’s cap is in the form of cone of base radius 7 cm and height 24 cm. The area of sheet to
make 10 such caps is
(a) 5500 cm2 (b) 6500 cm2 (c) 8500 cm2 (d) 3500 cm2

2. A solid right cylinder cone is cut into two parts at the middle of its height by a plane parallel to
its base. The ratio of the volume of the smaller cone to the whole cone is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 1 : 6 (d) 1 : 8

3. The total surface area of a hemisphere of radius ‘r’ is

(a) 2r2 (b) 4r2 (c) 3r2 (d) 5r2

4. The curved surface area of a sphere of radius 7 cm is:

(a) 516 cm2 (b) 616 cm2 (c) 716 cm2 (d) 880 cm2

5. The curved surface area of a hemisphere of radius 21 cm is:

(a) 2772 cm2 (b) 2564 cm2 (c) 3772 cm2 (d) 4772 cm2

6. The curved surface area of a sphere of radius 14 cm is:

(a) 2464 cm2 (b) 2428 cm2 (c) 2464 cm2 (d) none of these.

7. The curved surface area of a sphere of diameter 14 cm is:

(a) 516 cm2 (b) 616 cm2 (c) 716 cm2 (d) 880 cm2

8. Total surface area of hemisphere of radius 10 cm is

(a) 942 cm2 (b) 940 cm2 (c) 842 cm2 (d) 840 cm2

9. The radius of a spherical balloon increases from 7 cm to 14 cm s air is being pumped into it. The
ratio of surface area of the balloon in the two cases is:
(a) 4 : 1 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 3 : 1 (d) 1 : 3
10. A matchbox measures 4 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.5 cm. The volume of packet containing 12 such boxes
is:
(a) 160 cm3 (b) 180 cm3 (c) 160 cm2 (d) 180 cm2
11. A cuboidal water tank is 6 m long, 5 m wide and 4.5 m deep. How many litre of water can it
hold?
(a) 1350 liters (b) 13500 liters (c) 135000 liters (d) 135 liters
12. A cuboidal vessel is 10 m long and 8 m wide. How high must it be made to hold 380 cubic
metres of a liquid?
(a) 4.75 m (b) 7.85 m (c) 4.75 cm (d) none of these
13. The capacity of a cuboidal tank is 50000 litres. The length and depth are respectively 2.5 m and
10 m. Its breadth is
(a) 4 m (b) 3 m (c) 2 m (d) 5 m
14. A godown measures 40 m × 25 m × 10 m. Find the maximum number of wooden crates each
measuring 1.5 m × 1.25 m × 0.5 m that can be stored in the godown.
(a) 18000 (b) 16000 (c) 15000 (d) 14000

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 MCQ WORKSHEET-IV
CLASS X: CHAPTER – 13
SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES

1. A river 3 m deep and 40 m wide is flowing at the rate of 2 km per hour. How much water will
fall into the sea in a minute?
(a) 4000 m3 (b) 40 m3 (c) 400 m3 (d) 40000 m3

2. The circumference of the base of a cylindrical vessel is 132 cm and its height is 25 cm. How
many litres of water can it hold?
(a) 33.75 litre (b) 34.65 litre (c) 35.75 litre (d) 38.75 litre

3. If the lateral surface of a cylinder is 94.2 cm2 and its height is 5 cm, then find radius of its base
(a) 5cm (b) 4cm (c) 3cm (d) 6cm

4. It costs Rs 2200 to paint the inner curved surface of a cylindrical vessel 10 m deep. If the cost of
painting is at the rate of Rs 20 per m2, find radius of the base,
(a) 1.75 m (b) 1.85 m (c) 1.95 m (d) 1.65 m

5. The height and the slant height of a cone are 21 cm and 28 cm respectively. Find the volume of the cone.
(a) 5546 cm3 (b) 7546 cm3 (c) 5564 m3 (d) 8546 cm3

6. Find the volume of the right circular cone with radius 6 cm, height 7 cm
(a) 254 cm3 (b) 264 cm3 (c) 274 cm2 (d) 284 cm3

7. The radius and height of a conical vessel are 7 cm and 25 cm respectively. Its capacity in litres is
(a) 1.232 litre (b) 1.5 litre (c) 1.35 litre (d) 1.6 litre

8. The height of a cone is 15 cm. If its volume is 1570 cm3, find the radius of the base.
(a) 12 cm (b) 10 cm (c) 15 cm (d) 18 cm
9. If the volume of a right circular cone of height 9 cm is 48 cm3, find the diameter of its base.
(a) 12 cm (b) 10 cm (c) 6 cm (d) 8 cm

10. A conical pit of top diameter 3.5 m is 12 m deep. What is its capacity in kilolitres?
(a) 38.5 kl (b) 48.5 kl (c) 39.5 kl (d) 47.5 kl
11. Find the capacity in litres of a conical vessel with radius 7 cm, slant height 25 cm
(a) 1.232 litre (b) 1.5 litre (c) 1.35 litre (d) none of these
12. The diameter of the moon is approximately one-fourth of the diameter of the earth. What fraction
of the volume of the earth is the volume of the moon?
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
64 32 16 48
13. The dimensions of a cuboid are 50 cm x 40 cm x 10 cm. Its volume in litres is:
(a) 10 litres (b) 12 litres (c) 20 litres (d) 25 litres
14. The volume of a cuboidal tank is 250 m3. If its base area is 50 m2 then depth of the tank is
(a) 5 m (b) 200 m (c) 300 m (d) 12500 m

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 MCQ WORKSHEET-V
CLASS X: CHAPTER – 13
SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES
1. The length, breadth and height of a cuboidal solid is 4 cm, 3 cm and 2 cm respectively. Its
volume is
(a) (4 + 3 +2) cm3 (b) 2(4 + 3 +2) cm3 (c) (4 x 3 x 2) cm3 (d) 2(4 + 3) x 2 cm3

2. The volume of a cuboidal solid of length 8 m and breadth 5 m is 200 m3. Find its height.
(a) 5 m (b) 6 m (c) 15 m (d) 18 m

3. The curved surface area of a sphere is 616 cm2. Its radius is

(a) 7 cm (b) 5 cm (c) 6 cm (d) 8 cm

2d
4. If radius of a sphere is then its volume is
3
32 3 23 3 32 3 34 3
(a) d (b) d (c) d (d) d
81 4 3 3

5. The capacity of a cylindrical tank is 6160 cm3. Its base diameter is 28 m. The depth of this tank
is
(a) 5 m (b) 10 m (c) 15 m (d) 8 m

6. The volume of a cylinder of radius r and length h is:

4
(a) 2rh (b) r2h (c) r2h (d) 2r2h
3
7. Base radius of two cylinder are in the ratio 2 : 3 and their heights are in the ratio 5 : 3. The ratio
of their volumes is
(a) 27 : 20 (b) 25 : 24 (c) 20 : 27 (d) 15 : 20
8. If base radius and height of a cylinder are increased by 100% then its volume increased by:
(a) 30% (b) 40% (c) 42% (d) 33.1%
9. The diameter of a sphere is 14 m. The volume of this sphere is
1 1 2 2 3
(a) 1437 m3 (b) 1357 m3 (c) 1437 m3 (d) 1337 m
3 3 3 3
3
10. The volume of a sphere is 524 cm . The diameter of sphere is
(a) 5cm (b) 4cm (c) 3cm (d) 7cm
11. The total surface area of a cylinder is 40 cm2. If height is 5.5 cm then its base radius is
(a) 5cm (b) 2.5cm (c) 1.5cm (d) 10cm
12. The area of circular base of a right circular cone is 78.5 cm2. If its height is 12 cm then its
volume is
(a) 31.4 cm3 (b) 3.14 cm3 (c) 314 cm3 (d) none of these
13. The base radius of a cone is 11.3 cm and curved surface area is 355 cm2. Its height is (Take
355
 )
113
(a) 5 cm (b) 10 cm (c) 11 cm (d) 9 cm

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CLASS X: CHAPTER – 13
SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES

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 MCQ WORKSHEET-VII
CLASS X: CHAPTER – 13
SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES

1. The total surface area of a solid hemisphere of radius r is

(A) r2 (B) 2r2 (C) 3r2 (D) 4r2

2. The volume and the surface area of a sphere are numerically equal, then the radius of sphere is
(A) 0 units (B) 1 units (C) 2 units (D) 3 units

3. A cylinder, a cone and a hemisphere are of the same base and of the same height. The ratio of
their volumes is
(A) 1 : 2 : 3 (B) 2 : 1 : 3 (C) 3 : 1 : 2 (D) 3 : 2 : 1

4. Small spheres, each of radius 2cm, are made by melting a solid iron ball of radius 6cm, then the
total number of small spheres is
(A) 9 (B) 6 (C) 27 (D) 81

5. A solid sphere of radius r cm is melted and recast into the shape of a solid cone of height r. Then
the radius of the base of cone is
(A) 2r (B) r (C) 4r (D) 3r

6. Three solid spheres of diameters 6cm, 8cm and 10cm are melted to form a single solid sphere.
The diameter of the new sphere is
(A) 6 cm (B) 4.5 cm (C) 3 cm (D) 12 cm

7. The radii of the ends of a frustum of a cone 40 cm high are 38 cm and 8 cm. The slant height of
the frustum of cone is
(A) 50 cm (B) 10 7 cm (C) 60.96 cm (D) 4 2 cm

8. The circular ends of a bucket are of radii 35 cm and 14 cm and the height of the bucket is 40 cm.
Its volume is
(A) 60060 cm3 (B) 80080 cm3 (C) 70040 cm3 (D) 80160 cm3

9. If the radii of the ends of a bucket are 5 cm and 15 cm and it is 24 cm high, then its surface area
is
(A) 1815.3 cm2 (B) 1711.3 cm2 (C) 2025.3 cm2 (D) 2360 cm2

10. If the radii of the ends of a 42 cm high bucket are 16 cm and 11 cm, determine its capacity (take
22
π )
7
(A) 24222 cm3 (B) 24332 cm3 (C) 24322 cm3 (D) none of these

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 PRACTICE QUESTIONS
CLASS X: CHAPTER – 13
SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES

1. A cone of maximum size is carved out from a cube of edge 14 cm. Find the surface area of the
cone and of the remaining solid left out after the cone carved out.

2. A solid metallic sphere of radius 10.5 cm is melted and recast into a number of smaller cones,
each of radius 3.5 cm and height 3 cm. Find the number of cones so formed.

3. A canal is 300 cm wide and 120 cm deep. The water in the canal is flowing with a speed of 20
km/h. How much area will it irrigate in 20 minutes if 8 cm of standing water is desired?

4. A cone of radius 4 cm is divided into two parts by drawing a plane through the mid point of its
axis and parallel to its base. Compare the volumes of the two parts.

5. Three cubes of a metal whose edges are in the ratio 3:4:5 are melted and converted into a single
cube whose diagonal is 12 3 cm. Find the edges of the three cubes.

6. Three metallic solid cubes whose edges are 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm are melted and formed into a
single cube. Find the edge of the cube so formed.

7. How many shots each having diameter 3 cm can be made from a cuboidal lead solid of
dimensions 9cm × 11cm × 12cm?

8. A bucket is in the form of a frustum of a cone and holds 28.490 litres of water. The radii of the
top and bottom are 28 cm and 21 cm, respectively. Find the height of the bucket.

9. A cone of radius 8 cm and height 12 cm is divided into two parts by a plane through the mid-
point of its axis parallel to its base. Find the ratio of the volumes of two parts.

10. Two identical cubes each of volume 64 cm3 are joined together end to end. What is the surface
area of the resulting cuboid?

11. From a solid cube of side 7 cm, a conical cavity of height 7 cm and radius 3 cm is hollowed out.
Find the volume of the remaining solid.

12. Two cones with same base radius 8 cm and height 15 cm are joined together along their bases.
Find the surface area of the shape so formed.

13. Two solid cones A and B are placed in a cylindrical tube as shown in the below figure. The ratio
of their capacities is 2:1. Find the heights and capacities of cones. Also, find the volume of the
remaining portion of the cylinder.

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14. An ice cream cone full of ice cream having radius 5 cm and height 10 cm as shown in the below
1
figure. Calculate the volume of ice cream, provided that its part is left unfilled with ice
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cream.

15. Marbles of diameter 1.4 cm are dropped into a cylindrical beaker of diameter 7 cm containing
some water. Find the number of marbles that should be dropped into the beaker so that the
water level rises by 5.6 cm.

16. How many spherical lead shots each of diameter 4.2 cm can be obtained from a solid rectangular
lead piece with dimensions 66 cm, 42 cm and 21 cm.

17. How many spherical lead shots of diameter 4 cm can be made out of a solid cube of lead whose
edge measures 44 cm.

18. A wall 24 m long, 0.4 m thick and 6 m high is constructed with the bricks each of dimensions 25
1
cm × 16 cm × 10 cm. If the mortar occupies th of the volume of the wall, then find the
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number of bricks used in constructing the wall.

19. Find the number of metallic circular disc with 1.5 cm base diameter and of height 0.2 cm to be
melted to form a right circular cylinder of height 10 cm and diameter 4.5 cm.

20. A bucket is in the form of a frustum of a cone of height 30 cm with radii of its lower and upper
ends as 10 cm and 20 cm, respectively. Find the capacity and surface area of the bucket. Also,
find the cost of milk which can completely fill the container, at the rate of Rs 25 per litre ( use
= 3.14).

21. A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone. The height of the
cone is 4 cm and the diameter of the base is 8 cm. Determine the volume of the toy. If a cube
circumscribes the toy, then find the difference of the volumes of cube and the toy. Also, find
the total surface area of the toy.

22. A solid metallic hemisphere of radius 8 cm is melted and recasted into a right circular cone of
base radius 6 cm. Determine the height of the cone.

23. A rectangular water tank of base 11 m × 6 m contains water upto a height of 5 m. If the water in
the tank is transferred to a cylindrical tank of radius 3.5 m, find the height of the water level in
the tank.

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24. A building is in the form of a cylinder surmounted by a hemispherical dome. The base diameter
2
of the dome is equal to of the total height of the building. Find the height of the building, if it
3
1
contains 67 m3 of air.
21

25. How many cubic centimetres of iron is required to construct an open box whose external
dimensions are 36 cm, 25 cm and 16.5 cm provided the thickness of the iron is 1.5 cm. If one
cubic cm of iron weighs 7.5 g, find the weight of the box.

26. The barrel of a fountain pen, cylindrical in shape, is 7 cm long and 5 mm in diameter. A full
barrel of ink in the pen is used up on writing 3300 words on an average. How many words can
be written in a bottle of ink containing one fifth of a litre?

27. Water flows at the rate of 10m/minute through a cylindrical pipe 5 mm in diameter. How long
would it take to fill a conical vessel whose diameter at the base is 40 cm and depth 24 cm?

28. A heap of rice is in the form of a cone of diameter 9 m and height 3.5 m. Find the volume of the
rice. How much canvas cloth is required to just cover the heap?

29. A factory manufactures 120000 pencils daily. The pencils are cylindrical in shape each of length
25 cm and circumference of base as 1.5 cm. Determine the cost of colouring the curved
surfaces of the pencils manufactured in one day at Rs 0.05 per dm2.

30. Water is flowing at the rate of 15 km/h through a pipe of diameter 14 cm into a cuboidal pond
which is 50 m long and 44 m wide. In what time will the level of water in pond rise by 21 cm?

31. A solid iron cuboidal block of dimensions 4.4 m × 2.6 m × 1m is recast into a hollow cylindrical
pipe of internal radius 30 cm and thickness 5 cm. Find the length of the pipe.

32. 500 persons are taking a dip into a cuboidal pond which is 80 m long and 50 m broad. What is
the rise of water level in the pond, if the average displacement of the water by a person is
0.04m3?

33. 16 glass spheres each of radius 2 cm are packed into a cuboidal box of internal dimensions 16 cm
× 8 cm × 8 cm and then the box is filled with water. Find the volume of water filled in the box.

34. A milk container of height 16 cm is made of metal sheet in the form of a frustum of a cone with
radii of its lower and upper ends as 8 cm and 20 cm respectively. Find the cost of milk at the
rate of Rs. 22 per litre which the container can hold.

35. A cylindrical bucket of height 32 cm and base radius 18 cm is filled with sand. This bucket is
emptied on the ground and a conical heap of sand is formed. If the height of the conical heap is
24 cm, find the radius and slant height of the heap.

36. A rocket is in the form of a right circular cylinder closed at the lower end and surmounted by a
cone with the same radius as that of the cylinder. The diameter and height of the cylinder are 6
cm and 12 cm, respectively. If the slant height of the conical portion is 5 cm, find the total
surface area and volume of the rocket [Use = 3.14].

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37. A building is in the form a cylinder surmounted by a hemispherical vaulted dome and contains
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41 m3 of air. If the internal diameter of dome is equal to its total height above the floor,
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find the height of the building?

38. A hemispherical bowl of internal radius 9 cm is full of liquid. The liquid is to be filled into
cylindrical shaped bottles each of radius 1.5 cm and height 4 cm. How many bottles are needed
to empty the bowl?

39. A solid right circular cone of height 120 cm and radius 60 cm is placed in a right circular
cylinder full of water of height 180 cm such that it touches the bottom. Find the volume of
water left in the cylinder, if the radius of the cylinder is equal to the radius of the cone.

40. Water flows through a cylindrical pipe, whose inner radius is 1 cm, at the rate of 80 cm/sec in an
empty cylindrical tank, the radius of whose base is 40 cm. What is the rise of water level in
tank in half an hour?

41. The rain water from a roof of dimensions 22 m 20 m drains into a cylindrical vessel having
diameter of base 2 m and height 3.5 m. If the rain water collected from the roof just fill the
cylindrical vessel, then find the rainfall in cm.

42. A pen stand made of wood is in the shape of a cuboid with four conical depressions and a cubical
depression to hold the pens and pins, respectively. The dimension of the cuboid are 10 cm, 5
cm and 4 cm. The radius of each of the conical depressions is 0.5 cm and the depth is 2.1 cm.
The edge of the cubical depression is 3 cm. Find the volume of the wood in the entire stand.

43. A cone of radius 10cm is divided into two parts by drawing a plane through the midpoint of its
axis, parallel to its base. Compare the volume of the two parts.

44. A hollow cone is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the upper portion is removed. If the
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curved surface of the remainder is of the curved surface of the whole cone. Find the ratio of
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the line segments into which the cone’s altitude is divided by the plane.

45. From a solid cylinder of height 24cm and diameter 10cm, two conical cavities of same radius as
that of the cylinder are hollowed out. If the height of each conical activity is half the height of
cylinder, find the total surface area of the remaining cylinder.

46. A farmer connects a pipe of internal diameter 20cm from a canal into a cylindrical tank to her
field, which is 10m in diameter and 2m deep. If water flows through the pipe at the rate of
3km/hr, in how much time will the tank be filled?

47. A toy is in the form of a cone on a hemi-sphere of diameter 7 cm. The toal height of the top is
14.5cm. Find the volume and total surface area of the toy.
48. A vessel in the form of hemi-spherical is mounted by a hollow cylinder. The diameter of the
bowl is 14cm and the total height of the vessel is 13 cm. Find the capacity of the vessel.

49. A cylindrical with radius and height is 4cm and 8cm is filled with Ice-cream and ice-cream is
distributed to 10 Children in equal can having hemi-spherical tops. If the height of the conical
portion is 4 times the radius of its base, find the radius of the ice-cream cone.

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50. A tent has cylindrical surmounted by a conical roof. The radius of the cylindrical base is 20m.
The total height of tent is 6.3m and height of cylindrical portion is 4.2m, find the volume and
surface area of tent.

51. Rasheed got a playing top (lattu) as his birthday present, which surprisingly had no colour on it.
He wanted to colour it with his crayons. The top is shaped like a cone surmounted by a
hemisphere. The entire top is 5 cm in height and the diameter of the top is 3.5 cm. Find the area
he has to colour. (Take  = 22/7)

52. A wooden toy rocket is in the shape of a cone mounted on a cylinder. The height of the entire
rocket is 26 cm, while the height of the conical part is 6 cm. The base of the conical portion has
a diameter of 5 cm, while the base diameter of the cylindrical portion is 3 cm. If the conical
portion is to be painted orange and the cylindrical portion yellow, find the area of the rocket
painted with each of these colours. (Take  = 3.14)

53. A toy is in the form of a cone of radius 3.5 cm mounted on a hemisphere of same radius. The
total height of the toy is 15.5 cm. Find the total surface area of the toy.

54. A tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a conical top. If the height and diameter of the
cylindrical part are 2.1 m and 4 m respectively, and the slant height of the top is 2.8 m, find the
area of the canvas used for making the tent. Also, find the cost of the canvas of the tent at the
rate of Rs 500 per m2

55. From a solid cylinder whose height is 2.4 cm and diameter 1.4 cm, a conical cavity of the same
height and same diameter is hollowed out. Find the total surface area of the remaining solid to
the nearest cm2.

56. A juice seller was serving his customers using glasses. The inner diameter of the cylindrical glass
was 5 cm, but the bottom of the glass had a hemispherical raised portion which reduced the
capacity of the glass. If the height of a glass was 10 cm, find the apparent capacity of the glass
and its actual capacity. (Take  = 3.14)

57. A solid toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone. The height of the
cone is 2 cm and the diameter of the base is 4 cm. Determine the volume of the toy. If a right
circular cylinder circumscribes the toy, find the difference of the volumes of the cylinder and
the toy. (Take  = 3.14)

58. A gulab jamun, contains sugar syrup up to about 30% of its volume. Find approximately how
much syrup would be found in 45 gulab jamuns, each shaped like a cylinder with two
hemispherical ends with length 5 cm and diameter 2.8 cm.

59. A pen stand made of wood is in the shape of a cuboid with four conical depressions to hold pens.
The dimensions of the cuboid are 15 cm by 10 cm by 3.5 cm. The radius of each of the
depressions is 0.5 cm and the depth is 1.4 cm. Find the volume of wood in the entire stand.

60. A vessel is in the form of an inverted cone. Its height is 8 cm and the radius of its top, which is
open, is 5 cm. It is filled with water up to the brim. When lead shots, each of which is a sphere
of radius 0.5 cm are dropped into the vessel, one-fourth of the water flows out. Find the
number of lead shots dropped in the vessel.

61. A solid iron pole consists of a cylinder of height 220 cm and base diameter 24 cm, which is
surmounted by another cylinder of height 60 cm and radius 8 cm. Find the mass of the pole,
given that 1 cm3 of iron has approximately 8g mass. (Use = 3.14)

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62. A solid consisting of a right circular cone of height 120 cm and radius 60 cm standing on a
hemisphere of radius 60 cm is placed upright in a right circular cylinder full of water such that
it touches the bottom. Find the volume of water left in the cylinder, if the radius of the cylinder
is 60 cm and its height is 180 cm.

63. A spherical glass vessel has a cylindrical neck 8 cm long, 2 cm in diameter; the diameter of the
spherical part is 8.5 cm. By measuring the amount of water it holds, a child finds its volume to
be 345 cm3. Check whether she is correct, taking the above as the inside measurements, and
= 3.14.

64. A cone of height 24 cm and radius of base 6 cm is made up of modeling clay. A child reshapes it
in the form of a sphere. Find the radius of the sphere.

65. Selvi’s house has an overhead tank in the shape of a cylinder. This is filled by pumping water
from a sump (an underground tank) which is in the shape of a cuboid. The sump has
dimensions 1.57 m × 1.44 m × 95cm. The overhead tank has its radius 60 cm and height 95
cm. Find the height of the water left in the sump after the overhead tank has been completely
filled with water from the sump which had been full. Compare the capacity of the tank with
that of the sump. (Use = 3.14)

66. A copper rod of diameter 1 cm and length 8 cm is drawn into a wire of length 18 m of uniform
thickness. Find the thickness of the wire.
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67. A hemispherical tank full of water is emptied by a pipe at the rate of 3 litres per second. How
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much time will it take to empty half the tank, if it is 3m in diameter? (Take  = 22/7)

68. A 20 m deep well with diameter 7 m is dug and the earth from digging is evenly spread out to
form a platform 22 m by 14 m. Find the height of the platform.

69. A well of diameter 3 m is dug 14 m deep. The earth taken out of it has been spread evenly all
around it in the shape of a circular ring of width 4 m to form an embankment. Find the height
of the embankment.

70. A container shaped like a right circular cylinder having diameter 12 cm and height 15 cm is full
of ice cream. The ice cream is to be filled into cones of height 12 cm and diameter 6 cm,
having a hemispherical shape on the top. Find the number of such cones which can be filled
with ice cream.

71. How many silver coins, 1.75 cm in diameter and of thickness 2 mm, must be melted to form a
cuboid of dimensions 5.5 cm × 10 cm × 3.5 cm?

72. A cylindrical bucket, 32 cm high and with radius of base 18 cm, is filled with sand. This bucket
is emptied on the ground and a conical heap of sand is formed. If the height of the conical heap
is 24 cm, find the radius and slant height of the heap.

73. Water in a canal, 6 m wide and 1.5 m deep, is flowing with a speed of 10 km/h. How much area
will it irrigate in 30 minutes, if 8 cm of standing water is needed?
74. A farmer connects a pipe of internal diameter 20 cm from a canal into a cylindrical tank in her
field, which is 10 m in diameter and 2 m deep. If water flows through the pipe at the rate of 3
km/h, in how much time will the tank be filled?

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75. Hanumappa and his wife Gangamma are busy making jaggery out of sugarcane juice. They have
processed the sugarcane juice to make the molasses, which is poured into moulds in the shape
of a frustum of a cone having the diameters of its two circular faces as 30 cm and 35 cm and
the vertical height of the mould is 14 cm. If each cm3 of molasses has mass about 1.2 g, find
the mass of the molasses that can be poured into each mould. (Take  = 22/7)
76. An open metal bucket is in the shape of a frustum of a cone, mounted on a hollow cylindrical
base made of the same metallic sheet. The diameters of the two circular ends of the bucket are
45 cm and 25 cm, the total vertical height of the bucket is 40 cm and that of the cylindrical
base is 6 cm. Find the area of the metallic sheet used to make the bucket, where we do not take
into account the handle of the bucket. Also, find the volume of water the bucket can hold.
77. A container, opened from the top and made up of a metal sheet, is in the form of a frustum of a
cone of height 16 cm with radii of its lower and upper ends as 8 cm and 20 cm, respectively.
Find the cost of the milk which can completely fill the container, at the rate of Rs 20 per litre.
Also find the cost of metal sheet used to make the container, if it costs Rs 8 per 100 cm2. (Take
= 3.14)
78. A metallic right circular cone 20 cm high and whose vertical angle is 60° is cut into two parts at
the middle of its height by a plane parallel to its base. If the frustum so obtained be drawn into
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a wire of diameter cm, find the length of the wire.
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79. A right triangle, whose sides are 3 cm and 4 cm (other than hypotenuse) is made to revolve about
its hypotenuse. Find the volume and surface area of the double cone so formed.
80. The decorative block shown in Fig. is made of two solids - a cube and a hemisphere. The base of
the block is a cube with edge 5 cm, and the hemisphere fixed on the top has a diameter of 4.2
cm. Find the total surface area of the block. (Take  = 22/7).

81. A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid cylinder, as
shown in above Fig.. If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find
the total surface area of the article.
82. A sphere of diameter 12 cm, is dropped in a right circular cylindrical vessel, partly filled with
water. If the sphere is completely submerged in water level in the cylindrical vessel rises by
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3 cm. find the diameter of the cylindrical vessel.
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83. An iron pillar has lower part in the form of a right circular cylinder and the upper part is in the
form of a right circular cone. The radius of the base of the cone and cylinder is 8cm. The
cylindrical part is 240cm high and the conical part is 36cm high. Find the weight of the pillar if
1 cm3 of iron weighs 7.5 grams.

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84. An oil funnel made of tin sheet consists of a 10 cm long cylindrical portion attached to a frustum
of a cone. If the total height is 22 cm, diameter of the cylindrical portion is 8 cm and the
diameter of the top of the funnel is 18 cm, find the area of the tin sheet required to make the
funnel (see below figure)

85. The radii of the ends of a frustum of a cone 45 cm high are 28 cm and 7 cm (see above sided
Fig). Find its volume, the curved surface area and the total surface area. (Take  = 22/7)

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